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#3* Art Journal

*The Magic number. So sayeth Schoolhouse Rock.

Always love how the cover gets beat up in my art bag.

The fattest journal I’ve made so far.

Inside cover.

During both of my grateful visits at Evangel Home women’s shelter in Fresno, CA, I slept in the Mary Magdalene room.

I gots a soft spot for the ones everyone talks smack about.

I’ll write something in the cup eventually.

Made this for a Moonshine session.

I’ll fill in the day once I figure out what day it was.

Butterflies give me hope.

This makes me laugh at my spiral Art Journals.

The white face was harder to do than I thought it would be. I learned a lot, though.

My blood type/birthsone/hair color…coffee!

Heh. Mirror stickers.

Collage is fun.

Truth.

I wish that stabilo-all pencils came in more colors.

The world is on fire.

Just need to pay attention.

My ❤️ is in Fresno.

Yup.

In honor of my BFF, Anjo.

I wish the glitter showed up better in photos.

My cleansing song. I can get rid of ear worms with this. Thus, it’s my favorite.

Travel and reading.

Reading and travel.

My dear friend, Judy Whiting, sent me a card package for my birthday that I made this spread with.

Miss Judy drew us both.

FCC. I’m a proud Ram alumni.

Dedicated to my beloved Sister-in-law, Susan.

Fuck Yeah.

More truth.

Playing with magazine photos is fun.

Words to live by.

*poof*

I gots the music in me.

True story, probably one of those that makes others uncomfortable, but it’s just something that happened.

My Daddy as a baby.

8yo? 10?

Before WWII arrived.

The work badge photo is what he looked like to me when I was a kid.

Always.

Back cover.

That’s it. The 2nd of my 6 journals is done. The next will likely be #5 as it has 3 pages left to do, but time will tell.

I didn’t set out to finish the odd numbered books first, but it tracks.

Thanks for looking…feel free to comment here.

Journal 52 – 2019

2019.

Yes.

5 years after I began this journal, it is now complete. 

I Rule.

Front cover

Inside cover/title page

1. Portal

2. Hope

3. Strange 4. Listen

5. Anticipation

6. Dream

7. Dawn

8. Stillness

9. Emerge

Truth

Gentle

Balance

Seed

Horizon

Soft

Rise

Wonder

Mother

Connect

Soar

Blossom

Abide

Unfurl

Ripen

Sweetness

Grow

Speak

Gather

Reverence

Pluck

Plenty

Whisper

Attend

Leaning

Presence

Ebb

Fall

Glory

Nurture

Strength

Descent

Seek

Lineage

Boundaries

Self-care

Touch

Shine

Reflect

Peace

Release

Desire

See

List of prompts

Back cover

There are 4 ‘extra’ pages at the end (A to D) that are private to me.

I generally show y’all everything, but they’re mine, and I get to decide these things.

I have 5 other journals in rotation, currently (#s 2 through 6), so I’m never without options.

✌️♥️🤘

Day 12 blog along. Day 1 Aries Moon Vow.

That’s right…I have been keeping up with Effy’s blog along so far, and I love this shit.

In addition, in my Art Class on Saturday, I vowed on the dark of the Aries Moon that I will get paint on my fingertips.

I did this with my fingers.

I was testing out my new paint from yesterday in one of my art journals.

I anticipate that these iridescent colors will REALLY pop on black paper.

Also, I ❤ Iris Apfel.

It’s Me! In the Thing!

I’m so happy to be making something Arty!

Tonight was my journey back to my place, to prepare for my work week.

She’s licking my fingers cuz I had salmon for dinner.

I came home to her, so all is well…

Junk Journals from old books.

So, I got hooked up with Junk Journal Junkies on Facebook, so my feed is full of gorgeous books that folks have made or received.
Also…So. Much. Lace.

Anyway, as I’m so situated as to have access to books (heh), I picked up a few likely victims…

I’m definitely thinking “themes,” so in order L to R, Love, Coffee, Travel, practice, and Politics.

I think that last book will need to be swapped for a thicker book.

The practice book is a badly decayed Mother Goose. I thought to make it the Coffee book, because I love the cover:

But I’m not certain that the old cover will make it…

It’s all fits and starts when it comes to all this. I’m full of ideas, but lack motivation. I know what to do, but lack the energy.

I am bereft without the LOML* and my heart is wounded by loneliness.

…but make art while the laundry runs…

*LOML = Love Of My Life

My littlest art journal

I’ve been carrying this little art journal around for quite a while now (more than 2 years?) It fits in my purse w/o fuss and has kept me from “going postal” in more than one of those meetings that should have just been emails…

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There are many pages “in progress” and some blanks just waiting to save lives…

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There are pages of stamped art..

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And a whole lot of stencil lurve…

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Oh! My little one! There may come a day when you are “finished” but until then,  your covers will get beat up at the bottom of my purse.
Which is why I decorate art journal covers LAST, if at all.

PS – Is it weird that once I post pictures of my journal pages, I get ideas about how to “finish” them?